Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-10
NEWS AND COMMENT.
r.rI,S HAVE AN EARlY SETTLE
MENT,


raloa bridge, the road to Bowerstown
AMI terminal facilities in this city. The
monetary terms Of the cOmpAuy's propo-
..tr,D we're ayceed to without quibble and
,hs conference progressed harmoniously
nnt,l the clause Of the proposition which
rr,yiLrd that the city and county purchase
.,auy time any raj estate designated by the
company and pay therefor such price as the
company might designate, not exceeding,
however. 100000. This clause was OBJ
lied to BY the counsel for the committee
pu the ground that the city and county
rl.ghl be left with some property on their
hands in clss the bridge Was not built
The company, however, in this seems, on
consideration, to have kept within the
p.uyasitiOn which was inst submitted and
sgrred to by the Joint committee Of COuu-
rI the Board OF Commissioners and the
Chamber OF Commerce, and, subsequently,
a,rerd to separately by those bodies them
selves Surprising, tor instance, the cOun-
u we're TO purchase property even to the
iulI amount of the subscription at once,
which is nos at all probable or in accord
with the first clause OF the proposition,
vould not the real estate 40 purchased be
worth the tull amount paid? Property in
Wheeling does not decrease in value.
What the company wants is simply the
right of way, without which they can, it
j., plain, 10 nothing. To get this right OF
wAy some such clause ~ that referred to
must be agreed upon. The city's and
r,unty'S money il to be used in securing
this risht of way aud the terminal facil-
ties. The company is the active agent in
the matter, but must he hacked up by the
y,ty and county in the purchase OF the ne.
rrsyary property. The property may cost
more than ?5o0, ,Ou0, but in that case the
excess is paid by the company. All that
IS needed Is the city'S warrant, sd htiga
,.pn aud irlay shall be avoided.
Millions ot fog~icl capital is not going
Ia Doe ris&rl in 50 gigantic au enterprise
without some safeguards on It's side OF the
question The road 10 Bowerstown and
m. nrldy. niyu! De- bailt, Vel ii the right
OF way in TIN, rlt7 were denied, the whole
.,,..lr wooIH 20 ,or nauyAt.
We don't believe there will be auy unne-
...,ry G,iay i'm adjusting this point to
tho s,ti,ftcitor Of ,il parties. or in fur.
nI.hing reasonable srcuritir. all srOund
fh, entsrpri~p l.. one whuss benefit 10 this
,-rtiop Cannot be over,.timated While
,,rtiop in ,rlT6ir. Inc interests Of the
rtT and ""uLiy - much /" he de-
sired, and h'sn'. rommenoaolr' TOO
uurh caution, WHICH i"ay "e construed
asH dl~!' .t'r" TO qu'bHle, mIHht result ~
the withdrawal rl ;he proposition "i the
torrrgu capitalists aud the overtime" o. the
whole project.
un "G" Other p"iai there ",ss difference
c' opinion, nam, the iime to be allowed
the romP'1y, when asked hIr yeats tn
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